Administrator Guide

Using Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol
(DHCP)
This appendix contains the DHCP options you can use with your thin client. A thin client is initially congured to obtain its IP address and
network congurations from a DHCP server, new thin client or a thin client reset to default congurations. A DHCP server can also provide
the IP address or DNS name of the le server and the root-path location of software in Microsoft .msi form for access through the DHCP
upgrade process. Using DHCP to congure and upgrade thin client is recommended and saves you the time and eort needed to complete
these processes locally on multiple thin client, if a DHCP server is not available, xed IP addresses can be assigned and must be entered
locally for each device. A DHCP server can also provide the IP address of the WDM server.
For more information on conguring a DHCP server see documentation on the Microsoft web site at www.microsoft.com
DHCP Options
Option Description Notes
1 Subnet Mask. Required.
3 Router.
Optional but recommended. It is not
required unless the thin client must interact
with servers on a dierent subnet.
6 Domain Name Server (DNS).
Optional but recommended. Can be either
an IP address or a string such as
MyDNSServer.com.
12 Hostname. Optional.
15 Domain Name. optional but recommended.
43
Vendor Class Specic Information.
Optional.
50 Requested IP. Required.
51 Lease Time. Required.
52 Option Overload. Optional.
53 DHCP Message Type. Required.
54 DHCP Server IP Address. Recommended.
55 Parameter Request List. Sent by thin client.
57 Maximum DHCP Message Size. Optional. Always sent by thin client.
58 T1 (renew) Time. Required.
59 T2 (rebind) Time. Required.
61 Client identier. Always sent.
161 File server list.
Optional string. Can be either the name or
the IP address of the File server where the
updated thin client image is stored. If a
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